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Seniors Day at the 2014 World Series of Poker

Posted by on Jun 6, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker | 6 comments

 

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The WSOP Seniors Championship brings old faces together.  However, the emphasis here isn’t on “old.”  Walking through the tournament area, I’m always surprised to see who’s turned 50.  I suppose no matter what our age is, we all hope to be able to play in this tournament at some point.  It sure beats the alternative!

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Craig DiSalvo’s Shit Cruise to Nowhere

Posted by on Jun 5, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker | 2 comments

 

Craig Disalvo

Would you buy a cruise from this man?

 

This is the story of Craig DiSalvo and the cruise he sold to me.

Except — there was no cruise.  Oh, there was a cruise one might say.  But it was a shit cruise to nowhere.

Here’s the story of how I docked the boat that never sailed at the 2010 World Series of Poker.

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Are Poker Players Being Harrassed by U.S. Customs Officials?

Posted by on Jun 4, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Travel, World Series of Poker | 11 comments

 

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Something’s troubled me over the past year.

It’s become a more serious problem than many might realize.  Certainly, if you’re a poker player and/or you frequently travel to and from the United States, you’ve probably experienced a dramatic uptick in these kinds of annoyances.

I’m talking about the unnecessary harassment of law-abiding citizens from customs officials and border patrol agents.

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The First Player with Four Cashes at the 2014 WSOP

Posted by on Jun 2, 2014 in Blog, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

 

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(Left to Right) Lizzy Harrison, Humberto Brenes, and me.

 

Humberto Brenes just walked up to me, all pissed off.

He was muttering something in Spanish.  Remember, Brenes is from Costa Rica.  Brenes was upset that he’d just busted out of another event here at the 2014 World Series of Poker.  Thing was, I remember Brenes also cashed yesterday.  And the day before,  And, the day before that.

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Tiger123 Clarifies the “Exposed Card” Rule (In California)

Posted by on Jun 1, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 0 comments

 

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I’ve known Tiger123 for 20 years.  We met while hanging out in the cardrooms of Atlantic City when poker was first legalized there in 1993.  In fact, he introduced me to the poker community on the Internet some 20 years ago.  That happened via rec.gambling.poker (RGP), a user-newsgroup (remember those days?) which at the time was the only serious public forum to engage in discussion about the game.

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